[mythtv-users] Can Myth 'tune' these 'free' converter boxes?

[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:00 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Jeff
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Jeff <junk_inbox at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> <SNIP>
>>>>> >>   Comcast is giving me 3 of these 'free', low-end digital converter
>>>>> >> boxes. Instead of using them on TVs I was wondering whether Myth can
>>>>> >> tune them and I'll used them as a digital frontend to my PVR-150's. Is
>>>>> >> this possible?
>>>>
>>>> Yes - You would feed the S-Video and Sterio Audio outputs into your PVR-150
>>>
>>> Coax actually but I get the idea.
>>>>
>>
>> You will probably get a better picture with component inputs to the
>> PVR150 instead of having to tune the 150 to channel 3
>>
>> John
>
> I will get NO picture using the S-Video input because there is NO
> S-Video output on this cheap and free device. Coax in, coax out.
> That's it. Other than two Coax connectors there is a channel 3/4
> switch, a place to plug in the power supply and a place to plug in a
> remote IR receiver.
>
> - Mark
>

Please ignore. I don't know what I'm saying about S-Video here. I read
the top part and went to sleep.

None the less there are no outputs on this unit other than coax so the
only way to use it would be to hard wire the PVR to channel 3 and use
the IR input to change the channel.

- Mark